What are Magnet Schools?
Magnet Schools plan and develop programs using local, state, and federal funds, including the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP), Title I, Voluntary Public School Choice, Advanced Placement, and Smaller Learning Community grants. Congress recently reauthorized MSAP to support the continuation of this program that provides students with a valuable educational and personal experience, prepares them to function in a diverse society, and helps to eliminate, reduce or prevent long-standing patterns of racial isolation. Magnet schools continue to serve as models for school improvement efforts. They provide students an opportunity to succeed academically while learning in a racially diverse environment. Magnet schools will serve as a public school choice option for many LEAs throughout the Nation and support the policy under No Child Left Behind to promote public school choice for students in low performing schools.
